(February 1944)

American Comics Group, 1943 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Creston Publications Corporation
Editing
Gerald Albert

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Nezzo (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Hultgren (signed)
Inks
Ken Hultgren (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; jungle; nature
Characters
Nezzo the elephant
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signed "K.H." in last panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Duke and the Dope / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Hultgren (signed)
Inks
Ken Hultgren (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mm-mm-- Why not?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
The Duke; the Dope

Indexer Notes

Signed "K.H." in last panel. First appearance of this feature.

Busybody Bear (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lloyd Randall
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Weepy Woodchuck (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Weepie Woodchuck; Chip Chipmunk

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Filbert Fox / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gordon Sheehan ?
Pencils
Gordon Sheehan (signed)
Inks
Gordon Sheehan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
And the clever fox flattered the crow's singing voice so much
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Filbert Fox

Indexer Notes

First appearance of this feature, although the main character would change somewhat in the future.

Byron Bunny (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler (credited as Egghead)
Pencils
Carl Wessler (credited as Egghead)
Inks
Carl Wessler (credited as Egghead)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Egghead; Byron Bunny; Itch; Scratch
Synopsis
Cartoonist Egghead rushes to meet a deadline for his "Byron Bunny" comic book story. When he goes to sleep, the characters in the story come to life to "fix" the comic.

Indexer Notes

Credited in the splash panel as "By Egghead" but signed in the last panel "Wess."

3 Boys an' a Gal (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Hultgren
Inks
Ken Hultgren
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
A soldier (dog) and a sailor (duck) fight over the attention of a cute bird, but she introduces her husband, a Marine (bulldog).

Indexer Notes

Dogs are consistent with the dogs in Hultgren’s signed art from Ha Ha Comics #8-9 (1944).

The Cat and the Canary (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Synopsis
A canary is discarded from a pet shop because he can't sing. A cat promises to teach him, but the canary only learns how to go "Meow!"

Peewee the Pup (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Buck Evans
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Patty Plump Buys a Present (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ben Solomon ?
Pencils
Ben Solomon (signed)
Inks
Ben Solomon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Patty Plump; Hortense
Synopsis
Patty Plump (a boy pig) tries to buy his girlfriend Hortense (a girl pig) a present.

Doggie Dave (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Woody Gelman (signed)
Inks
Woody Gelman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

The Ghost of Terrible Tomcat (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
James Keane
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Happy Goes Hayseed (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman (signed)
Inks
Rube Grossman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Signed in last panel.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["The Magazine That's Making America Roar!"]
  3. 2. Nezzo
  4. 3. ["Mm-mm-- Why not?"]
    The Duke and the Dope
  5. 4. Busybody Bear
  6. 5. Weepy Woodchuck
  7. 6. ["And the clever fox flattered the crow's singing voice so much"]
    Filbert Fox
  8. 7. Byron Bunny
  9. 8. 3 Boys an' a Gal
  10. 9. The Cat and the Canary
  11. 10. Peewee the Pup
  12. 11. Patty Plump Buys a Present
  13. 12. Doggie Dave
  14. 13. The Ghost of Terrible Tomcat
  15. 14. Happy Goes Hayseed
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  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • David Wilt
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